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authorNicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@imag.fr>2013-03-02 22:36:27 +0100
committerMichal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>2013-04-08 15:42:03 +0200
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Coccinelle: Add support to the SPFLAGS variable
The SPFLAGS variable allows to pass additional options to spatch, e.g. -use_glimpse. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
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@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ To apply Coccinelle to a specific directory, M= can be used.
For example, to check drivers/net/wireless/ one may write:
make coccicheck M=drivers/net/wireless/
-
+
To apply Coccinelle on a file basis, instead of a directory basis, the
following command may be used:
@@ -134,6 +134,15 @@ MODE variable explained above.
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+ Additional flags
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Additional flags can be passed to spatch through the SPFLAGS
+variable.
+
+ make SPFLAGS=--use_glimpse coccicheck
+
+See spatch --help to learn more about spatch options.
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